natural gas, and electric models. Oil furnaces generate heat using oil and are often more affordable upfront while delivering high heat output per BTU. However, they tend to be less efficient and come with higher fuel costs.
A fuel is a chemical that can be ‘burnt’ to provide useful energy. Burning normally means that chemical bonds between the elements in the fuel are broken and the elements chemically combine with oxygen (often from the air). For many years, we’ve used natural gas to heat our homes and...
natural gas, and electric models. Oil furnaces generate heat using oil and are often more affordable upfront while delivering high heat output per BTU. However, they tend to be less efficient and come with higher fuel costs.
The fuel pump sends fuel through a short distance of fuel line to the filter, which ensures any potentially dangerous debris won’t make it to the engine. From there, it’s routed via a longer line all the way up to the engine and then sent to either one or two fuel rails, depending...
Policymakers often attempt to direct the benefits of an economic stimulus toward specific industries or sectors. When the U.S. auto industry struggled during theGreat Recession, the government instituted theCash for Clunkersprogram, which incentivized consumers to buy new, fuel-efficient vehicles to re...
A hydrogen fuel cell produces two byproducts -- heat and water. If every vehicle on the road were powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, the familiar clouds of smog that hang over many U.S. cities, most of which comes from vehicle exhaust, would largely disappear. According to the ...
There have always been alternatives to gasoline, but except for the artificial fuel shortages created by the OPEC oil embargo in the 1970s which fueled the first so-called "energy crisis," alternative fuels have mostly remained on the sidelines. Well now they are being called up to become maj...
to fill an oil reservoir, and to empty it partially men will take several decades to a century. All the elements above explain that, when a new oil field is discovered, assessing precisely how much oil will flow out from beginning to end can lead to a number of debates ! Discoveries, ...
There are two ways hydrogen-as-car-fuel will likely be developed — hydrogen-on-demand for internal combustion engine applications and for fuel cell vehicles. Alternative Fuel Vehicle Image Gallery Because of the promise of these two clean energy technologies, there are a number of scams trying ...
Hi Mandy, I'm considering buying a 2009 Honda Jazz, which is advertised as semi-automatic (though in the only picture of the interior, the gearstick looks just like a manual one to me!). It's also advertised as more fuel-efficient than the manual version - is this down to the engine...